RIM might not be the biggest company anymore when it comes to mobile devices but they are still around. And I guess even though they aren't really the most interesting company they might be getting purchased from another company. The list of possible buyers includes Microsoft, Nokia, and Amazon all … [Read more...]
ZL Podcast #50 – Amazon Kindle Smartphone, Cheaper Android Tablets, More Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs…
November 26, 2011 By
This week we did our very first video podcast using Wirecast 4. The audio and video was somewhat out of sync but overall that shouldn't be too big of an issue. ZL Studios turned three years old and our goal for this coming year is to have a brand new design for our website that's going to be … [Read more...]
BlackBerry PlayBook Is Selling For $200 For A Limited Time
November 21, 2011 By
Last week Amazon launched the Amazon Kindle Fire which is a $200 device that's both a tablet and an e-reader. It looks almost identical to the BlackBerry PlayBook, mainly because they both use the same reference design. So the key differences are the operating system and price tag. The PlayBook used … [Read more...]
Best Buy Lowering The BlackBerry PlayBook’s Price This Weekend
September 2, 2011 By
The HP TouchPad wasn't doing so well during it's first month so soon HP dropped the price down to $400 from $500 and then all the way down to $100 after giving up. RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook hasn't been doing very well either but RIM has continued to keep the same price for the PlayBook. But if you … [Read more...]
BlackBerry QNX Smartphones To Run Android Apps
August 25, 2011 By
When you buy a phone you probably want a phone that looks good, is fast, and is easy to use. Something that's also important is that there are lots of different features and with smartphones that also includes lots of apps. One problem with some platforms like BlackBerry OS is the fact that the … [Read more...]
ZL Daily #98 – ASUS Eee Pad Transformer 2, Unified Apple OS, BlackBerry PlayBook Android Apps…
August 3, 2011 By
ASUS currently has one of the most successful Android tablets around the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. The tablet is really nice and it looks like ASUS plans to launch it's successor the Transformer 2 this October. The tablet will use NVIDIA's Kal-El processors and it will be thinner, lighter, faster, … [Read more...]
BlackBerry PlayBook Will Get Android Apps By Late Fall
August 3, 2011 By
The BlackBerry PlayBook sounded like a pretty good tablet before launch and overall the operating system is good and the hardware is pretty good but the tablet just can't do a whole lot. There are very few apps and a lot of the key apps which other tablets have build into the operating system are … [Read more...]
ZL Daily #89 – AT&T’s Q2 2011, AT&T Gets Nexus S 4G, Q2 2011 Tablet Market Share…
July 21, 2011 By
Today AT&T announced their revenue for Q2 2011. AT&T announced that their revenue is up 2.2 percent from last year making them $31.5 billion. They also gained a total of 1.1 million subscribers which adds to the total of 98.6 million subscribers. And 5.6 million smartphones were activated on … [Read more...]
Android Tablets Now Make Up 30% Of The Tablet Market
July 21, 2011 By
A while back the Apple iPad was dominating the tablet market while Android tablets weren't doing so well same with Windows tablets and pretty much all the other tablets. Apple was just doing that well. But back then there really weren't many Android tablets that were really thought about before they … [Read more...]
ZL Daily #60 – Toshiba Thrive Pricing, Sprint’s BlackBerry PlayBook, AT&T’s Shared Data Plans…
June 3, 2011 By
Today Toshiba announced some more information on their Toshiba Thrive tablet. They announced that the tablet will ship in July with Android 3.1 Honeycomb installed. Overall this is a pretty standard Honeycomb tablet with a 10.1-inch screen, but it is cheaper since it starts at $430 for the 8GB … [Read more...]
